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| action and life changes that result from lectio divina |
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| The coherence of individual doctrines with the whole of Revelation. In other words, as each doctrine is connected with Revelation, each doctrine is also connected with all other doctrines. |
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| A Hebrew word for the poor and marginalized |
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| The event in which the Archangel Gabriel came to Mary to announce that she had found favor with God and would become the mother of the Messiah |
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| A pseudo-Messianism whereby a human being puts himself or herself in the place of God or declares himself or herself to be a new messiah |
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| A literary form that uses dramatic events and highly symbolic language to offer hope to a people in crisis |
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| The uninterrupted passing on of apostolic preaching and authority from the Apostles directly to all bishops. It is accomplished through the laying on of hands when a bishop is ordained in the Sacrament of Holy Orders as instituted by Christ. The office of bishop is permanent, because at ordination a bishop is marked with a indelible, sacred character. |
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| A sacred chest that housed the tablets of the Ten Commandments. It was placed within the sanctuary where God would come and dwell. |
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| An area corresponding roughly to modern Turkey |
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| Two Canaanite gods of earth and fertility that the Israelites worshipped when they fell away from the one true God. |
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| In 587 BC the Babylonians pillaged Judah, destroyed the Temple and the city of Jerusalem, and banished the people in chains to serve as slaves in Babylon. The Exile lasted until 539 BC. |
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| The teachings of Jesus that began with the sermon on the mount and that summarize the New Law of Christ. The Beatitudes describe the actions and attitudes by which one can discover genuine happiness and they teach us the final end to which God calls us: full communion with him in the Kingdom of Heaven. |
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| A literary form in which something is said to be like something else, in an attempt to communicate a hidden or symbolic meaning |
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